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ECONOMIC FREEDOM:
THE KEY TO LIBERTY

OCTOBER 16–18

DELRAY BEACH, FL

Mises Supporters gathered in serene Delray Beach, Florida, for
our annual Supporters Summit at the beachfront Opal Grand
Resort. Our speakers discussed how true liberty only comes
from economic freedom and the system of private property
Host Committee: Steve Berger, Bryan Lee and reiterated what Murray Rothbard explained in For a New
Briggs, Mitch Cantor and Patricia Coronado, Liberty: All freedoms boil down to private property.
Ben and Joan Koether, Steve and Cassandra
Torello As always, the event brought supporters of liberty from
around the world together to network and discuss the ideas
Speaker sponsors: Yousif Almoayyed, Stan of economic freedom between talks, over meals, and even on
OUR ENEMY, THE Eden, Andy Hord, Dan Johnson and Randee a special sunset cruise.
BUREAUCRACY Laskewitz, Jeff Leskovar, Mark and Mirella Our Supporters Summits are a wonderful opportunity for us
to connect with the individuals who make the work of the
Monoscalco, Don Printz, Murray and Florence
Sabrin, Jane Shaffer, Brian and Shanna Mises Institute possible. We thank everyone who attended
Tvenstrup, Scott and Cathy Ullery, Don Wills this event for their dedication to our mission.

exacerbated many of Gen Z’s mounting problems—
including many that don’t appear, at first glance,
to be related to economics at all. Dr. Mark Brandly
followed with a talk that reminded the students that
not every aspect of our current economic system
is rotten and in need of radical restructuring. Mises
Institute staff writer Connor O’Keeffe warned the
young, mostly conservative students not to fall for the
economic interventionism pushed by some right-
WHY THE ECONOMY IS wing pundits and leaders, who use young people’s
FAILING GENERATION Z anger to push policies that are strikingly similar to

those of America’s progressive left.
NOVEMBER 1 Mises Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Alex Pollock closed
CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY with a clarifying analysis of the Federal Reserve—

GRAND RAPIDS, MI contrasting what it actually does with what it claims
to do, and explaining why Gen Z ought to care deeply
The Mises Institute hosted its first ever Mises Student about the actions of America’s central bank.
Circle at Cornerstone University in Michigan. Mises The event also marked the official dedication of the
scholars and staff addressed the economic realities facing David Gordon Library Collection at Cornerstone’s
Generation Z. Miller Library. Dr. Gordon’s extensive personal library

Dr. Jeffery Degner kicked the event off with a talk about of over 16,000 volumes is being held and restored at
how permanent price inflation brought about by the Cornerstone University for generations of students to
Federal Reserve’s monetary policy has caused and learn from.

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